Hi Jay,
I would recommend http://onlinetools.org.
Clean unobtrusive scripts, very nice.
Though it obviously depends on what you are looking for.
mike 2k:)2
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play:
Welcome to the Firefox support list...aeh...
Anyway, the installation block has been in Firefox for ages (at least
since 0.9, I think). Did you then actually click the "Edit Options" button, like
it says right there? Can't be more explicit than that...
Patrick
From: [EMAIL
Hi Guys,
I have been asked to work on a web site and Mambo is the current CMS
being used. They want to, if possible, keep Mambo as they're CMS but
upon inspecting it I am surrounded by tables and poor markup. It does
not even seem possible (Without hacking the source) to add ALT text to
some
I gave up trying to do anything with Mambo.
Expression Engine, Movable Type, and Wordpress are Standards based and
simple and easy to configure, All three validate out of the box and don't
require a two year course and beating your head on the desk to
reconfigureafter several years of trying
Woops, missed this:
If Mambo can be configured easy, as some claim, why has there not been a ton
of templates available long ago??? On different CMS type forums I see
problems mambo related all the time...
Nuff said ;-)
Bruce Prochnau
BKDesign Solutions
- Original Message -
From: Lloyd
I used mambo to do this... www.jabary.com
Carlos Revillo
Tanta Tecnología y Comunicación
Grupo Onetec
c/ Julián Camarillo 26 1º Of. 2
28037 Madrid
Tel.: 91.440.10.40
Fax: 91.304.91.24
www.tantacom.com
www.grupoonetec.com
-Mensaje original-
De: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
I am a big fan of Wordpress [1]. I personally use it, as well as use it on a lot of projects for clients. I have found it very easy to configure. If you know a HTML and a little PHP, it is very versatile.For one project, I was tasked with taking a look at the accessibility of Mambo and the
On Thu, 1 Dec 2005 20:15:13 +0800
Lloyd [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Hi Guys,
...
Is there a way to make Mambo compatible (A large reason
for the work
is to allow blind users to get value from the site) with
accessiblily
and hopefully web standards?
Is there another CMS that you would mention
Zulema wrote:
I've upgraded my Firefox[1] to the new 1.5 version and it seems to me that
some
website's font sizes have become a lot smaller.
Knowing your operating system and a longer list of URLs exhibiting this
behavior would help. There were bugs fixed in 1.5 that affect pages
sizing
I am having the same problem with GMAIL. Using ctrl-+ gives me a too large
font and no reflow at the 3rd expansion and a too small font at lower
expansions.
Regards,
Steven C. Perkins
At 10:41 AM 12/1/2005, you wrote:
I'm unable to duplicate this. I would try resetting your text size to
Peter Leing wrote:
I'm unable to duplicate this.
Me either. Google's fonts haven't changed for me, nor alistapart.
**
The discussion list for http://webstandardsgroup.org/
See http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm
for some
What about www.textpattern.com
has anyone tried this?
~n
uoting Steve Ferguson [EMAIL PROTECTED]:
On Thu, 1 Dec 2005 20:15:13 +0800
Lloyd [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Hi Guys,
...
Is there a way to make Mambo compatible (A large reason for the work
is to allow blind users to get value from
www.GAWDS.org (Guild of Accessible Web Developers) has a fully accessible
CMS platform. I would recommend moving away from Mambo if you are
interested in standards.
Ted
-Original Message-
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
On Behalf Of Steve Ferguson
Sent: Thursday,
I need some help urgently.
Just downloaded the latest release v1.5 and Flash Player v8.
Now my Flash audio stream buttons no longer display, just macromedia's f.
What's happened? It appears perfectly on my PC version.
http://bangersandmashed.com
The Macromedia site reports The Flash Player as
Hello,
My name is José Kusunoki im 23 and i work in a
newspaper in the Multimedia Infographics area, im interested in standards and
Mambo, how do you resolve theImage Galleryproblem and the image
management problem?, i've heard that its too difficult to find an image gallery
module and
TextPattern works well, particularly now that they've released a
final version. I used WordPress up until v.1.5 due to TXP being in
beta and RC versions, but have since slowly switched to TXP for all
my sites. The only site I can think of at the moment that is running
TXP (and doing a
On Thu, 01 Dec 2005 12:31:27 -0500, Mike Foskett
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Now my Flash audio stream buttons no longer display
Confirmed
--
Tom Livingston
Senior Multimedia Artist
Media Logic
www.mlinc.com
Using Opera's revolutionary e-mail client: http://www.opera.com/mail/
Hi WSG,
Ive just been informed of a BBC article referencing the UK Government and
accessibility.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/4478702.stm
The stats claimed are actually a lot sharper than I'd imagine but I can see
why this is the case. My current contract means I provide ecommerce
Hi Everyone
I just posted something about XSL and CDATA. I'm not announcing it as if I'm
standing on the mountain preaching to the masses. I'm hoping that if I'm
wrong in my logic, someone could clear it up in the comments.
http://www.tdrake.net/xsl-cdata-and-me/
I guess I could have just
-Original Message-
I've upgraded my Firefox[1] to the new 1.5 version and it seems to me
that some website's font sizes have become a lot smaller.
Quoting Peter Leing [EMAIL PROTECTED]:
I'm unable to duplicate this. I would try resetting your text size to
normal, or createing a new
Lloyd said:
Is there a way to make Mambo compatible (A large reason for the work
is to allow blind users to get value from the site) with accessiblily
and hopefully web standards?
Are you refering to the the CMS interface itself (i.e. the admin bits) or
to the public facing output?
Most CMS's
I created this problem for myself by altering the default font
preferences under Tools Options Content. If you also changed these
settings, this might be the cause. Returning in to Times New Roman, 16
fixed it for me.
Regards,
Stuart
**
While I share you feellings, I also understand why Acid2 wasn't high on
the list of the Mozilla folks. The test itself isn't the be all and end
all of stadards. I personally think that building SVG support into
firefox was a much more important goal and I can't wait till Konqi and
Safari support
I'm having the same trouble and, yes, I've clicked the bloody Edit
Options button but bog all happens!!
**
The discussion list for http://webstandardsgroup.org/
See http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm
for some hints on
Except that they still insist on membership before you can view such pages.
-Original Message-
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
On Behalf Of Ted Drake
Sent: Friday, 2 December 2005 4:15 AM
To: wsg@webstandardsgroup.org
Subject: RE: [WSG] Mambo Accessibility
If you want to find out which CMS is good for your needs, you might
want to check out:
http://www.opensourcecms.com/
They have live installs of maybe hundreds of CMS, all rated, user
comments, organized in categories. The installs are wiped every 2
hours, so you can go in with the demo password
You can also directly compare hundreds of CMSs and choose them based on
selection criteria from this helpful site: http://cmsmatrix.org
However, if you're after a simplt, straight-forward no-nonsense, accessible
and XHTML compliant CMS I'm going to recommend CMS Made Simple again. It's
in it's
On 12/1/05, Zulema [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
-Original Message-
I've upgraded my Firefox[1] to the new 1.5 version and it seems to me
that some website's font sizes have become a lot smaller.
Quoting Peter Leing [EMAIL PROTECTED]:
I'm unable to duplicate this. I would try
On 12/1/05, [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
So, is the technology dictating the look, or are all these things
just accidents of history because some major relaunch like the
stopdesign/AdaptivePath redesign of Blogger looked that way?
I think what you are talking about are fads.
Actually you can find it, if you take the time to look. Here's the
link for non-members (sourced from their Membership Benefits page).
http://www.qnecms.co.uk/
On Dec 1, 2005, at 3:36 PM, Paul Noone wrote:
Except that they still insist on membership before you can view
such pages.
I've never used it myself, but you might want to take a
look at Joomla. It's compatible with Mambo at this point
http://www.joomla.org/index.php?Itemid=44option=com_faqcatid=7
and the developers are at least are trying to be compliant
and accessible
Hi John
Sites look similar because the early standards-based web developers were so
influential. CSS-based design is different beast than table hacking and
people feel more comfortable riffing off a successful site than learning a
new technique with a design out of their head.
As
Ted Drake wrote:
I just posted something about XSL and CDATA. I'm not announcing it as if I'm
standing on the mountain preaching to the masses. I'm hoping that if I'm
wrong in my logic, someone could clear it up in the comments.
http://www.tdrake.net/xsl-cdata-and-me/
I guess I could have
Michael Donnermeyer deftly quothed:
...if you take the time to look.
Ahem. Yes. Thank you, Michael. :*
**
The discussion list for http://webstandardsgroup.org/
See http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm
for some hints on
Quoting Nick Gleitzman [EMAIL PROTECTED]:
Is it my imagination, or has this list acquired an unreasonable amount
of noise lately? Aren't there separate lists for CMS and/or software
issues? Call me a grouch, but all I've seen in the last little while
has been FF1.5 and Mambo...
C'mon,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Not a question so much as a discussion topic -- is there a particular
look to standards websites? Is there an aesthetic developing from
the technologies we use?
Many standards websites have subtle gradients in backgrounds -- is
this because designers are confident
Seconded. You're likely to get a more targetted response to your queries as
well.
-Original Message-
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
On Behalf Of [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Friday, 2 December 2005 9:23 AM
To: wsg@webstandardsgroup.org
Subject: Re: [WSG] Noise (was) Mambo
Ted Drake wrote:
Hi John
Sites look similar because the early standards-based web developers were so
influential. CSS-based design is different beast than table hacking and
people feel more comfortable riffing off a successful site than learning a
new technique with a design out of their head.
Hello Michael,
I used WordPress up until v.1.5 due to TXP being in
beta and RC versions, but have since slowly switched to TXP for all
my sites. The only site I can think of at the moment that is running
TXP (and doing a good job of it) is Hicks Design (http://
Adam Morris wrote:
I'm having the same trouble and, yes, I've clicked the bloody Edit
Options button but bog all happens!!
When things don't work the way they should after an upgrade, uninstall,
completely remove the directory FF was installed in, remove the profile
folder, and start
Good day fellow standardistas,This request is quite off-topic, so please, reply off list.I am looking for training courses - more specifically, interface design, user interaction design, information architecture.
I have a very limited amount of time to suggest a course or two to my team leader, so
Hi all
Just another reminder that the WSG list is not the place to discuss
software support and bugs in your favourite software. To avoid creating
noise on the list, please use the appropriate vendor channel to discuss.
If you don't like this or disagree, email the list admins. Don't discuss it
Brilliant!
thank you! I remember doing that a few days ago, but don't remember why
I did it. I'm a bad web developer. :-p
ciao,
Z
Z u l e m a O r t i z
w e b d e s i g n e r
email : [EMAIL PROTECTED]
website : http://zoblue.com/
weblog : http://blog.zoblue.com/
browser :
I am new to (trying to learn how) constructing standards conforming web
pages using XHTML and would like to know what HTML editor you folks that are
light years ahead of me would recommend? Like HTMLTidy? I am
Windows based with IE v6 which I will soon be switching to Firefox based on
this
From: Lori Cole
...using XHTML and would like to know what HTML editor
Like HTMLTidy?
HTML-Kit (incorporates Tidy) will work, as will just about any
plain text editor, with or without syntax highlighting.
EditPad, jEdit, Notetab and so on.
jEdit is pretty clever and it runs on most platforms
Before we get a flood of posts along the lines of my favourite
editor is and mine too ...
Have you looked at the resources section of the WSG website?
http://webstandardsgroup.org/resources/
Regards
--
Bert Doorn, Better Web Design
http://www.betterwebdesign.com.au/
Fast-loading,
On 12/1/2005 6:43 PM Lori Cole wrote:
I am new to (trying to learn how) constructing standards conforming web
pages using XHTML and would like to know what HTML editor you folks that
are light years ahead of me would recommend? Like HTMLTidy? I am
Windows based with IE v6 which I will soon
Lori Cole wrote:
I am new to (trying to learn how) constructing standards conforming web
pages using XHTML
Since you're new, you might want to stick with HTML4 until a) browser
support for XHTML increases (IE does not support XHTML), and b) you've
learned and understand all the differences
Lachlan Hunt wrote:
Since you're new, you might want to stick with HTML4 until a) browser
support for XHTML increases (IE does not support XHTML),
Heh... please elabourate on how IE doesn't support XHTML.
.Matthew Cruickshank
http://holloway.co.nz/
Matthew Cruickshank wrote:
Lachlan Hunt wrote:
Since you're new, you might want to stick with HTML4 until a) browser
support for XHTML increases (IE does not support XHTML),
Heh... please elabourate on how IE doesn't support XHTML.
Try this in IE:
Guys,
Thanks for all the feedback! Backend is important as one of our
content providers is blind. Does anyone know much more about Joomla?
They are possibly prepared to upgrade (As they see this is just the
same thing). I want to know whether its possible to do this with
either Mambo or Joomla
On Nov 28, 2005, at 3:59 PM, Geoff Pack wrote:
Alan Trick wrote:
Is there a problem with this:
http://jigsaw.w3.org/css-validator/DOWNLOAD.html
Only that it's written in Java - the server admins here would
prefer something else. It looks like we will have to go with it
anyway, as we
Lachlan Hunt wrote:
Try this in IE:
http://www.howtocreate.co.uk/wrongWithIE/?chapter=XHTMLwithHeader=1
Oops, that's served as application/xhtml+xml, so it won't work.
Here's the same article as text/html:
http://www.howtocreate.co.uk/wrongWithIE/?chapter=XHTML
One other thing that doesn't
Matthew Cruickshank wrote:
Lachlan Hunt wrote:
http://www.howtocreate.co.uk/wrongWithIE/?chapter=XHTML
...if you use the ?xml? declaration..., then it will trigger quirks mode in
IE6
Right... rather than jumping to conclusions I was just wanting to make
sure you were telling a beginner at
Hi John,
Many standards websites have subtle gradients in backgrounds -- is this
because designers are confident in using PNG files which do gradients better
for smaller file sizes?
My opinion is that gradients and textures are introduced to recreate the
textures of real world surfaces not
So, to summarise why you keep saying there's no support for XHTML in IE
- not supporting XHTML's HTTP header,
- not being able to put ?xml ... ? above the doctype,
- the internal rendering engine being a tagsoup parser, rather than an
XML parser.
And therefore this means IE doesn't even have
G'day
If you're not using the right MIME type, you may
as well be using HTML4, as you're just relying on
browsers error recovery techniques to understand XHTML.
I code in xhtml Strict and serve it as text/html. My code is
future-proof, valid and well structured. If I code in HTML4,
Greetings all,
I'm hoping one of you CSS gurus out there who remember the cures for all
of IE's quirks can solve this float drop instance please.
Here's the mockup I need to code up:
http://sausalito.sitesbyjoe.com/mockup.htm
Here's the coded up page thus far:
I managed to solve my problems by simply stepping around the issue. It
does still leave the question of somehow removing the 3px space from
around images in IE which is the root of the troubles I was having.
Thanks,
Joe Taylor
http://sitesbyjoe.com
Joseph R. B. Taylor wrote:
Greetings
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